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!!Sarah Greene
!!!'''Played By:''' Samantha Sloyan
Maddie’s next door neighbor and good friend.
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* SacrificialLamb: The character who dies first to establish the killer's threat.
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!!"The Man"
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A white-masked figure wielding a crossbow and combat knife. He kills Sarah and then makes a game out of tormenting Maddie.
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!!John Stanley
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Sarah’s live-in boyfriend, who comes looking for Sarah when she isn’t at home.
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!!!'''Played By:''' Michael Trucco
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!!John Stanley
!!!'''Played By:''' Michael Trucco
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!!John Stanley
!!!'''Played By:''' Michael Trucco
Sarah’s live-in boyfriend, who comes looking for Sarah when she isn’t at home.
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* HateSink: Unlike most slashers, you probably won't catch yourself rooting for him. He has no real charisma, super strength, cunning, or other admirable qualities that made past slashers so iconic. All he is is a stupid, reckless sociopath who you're gonna want to see get his comeuppance.
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* HateSink: Unlike most slashers, you probably won't catch yourself rooting for him. He has no real charisma, super strength, cunning, bravery or other admirable qualities that made past slashers so iconic. All he is is a stupid, reckless reckless, cowardly, sociopath who you're gonna want to see get his comeuppance.
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* MusclesAreMeaningful: He is easily bigger than the Man, [[spoiler:which gives him the strength advantage over the killer even when he is dying.]]
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* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Rather than the usual hulking, borderline deformed brutes usually seen in slasher films, he's a perfectly ordinary looking, even somewhat good-looking, guy with an average build who you wouldn't think twice about if you pass him on the street.
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* DirtyCoward: He's only confident when he's certain he has the upper hand. When Maddie starts to fight back, he becomes more and more unnerved and [[spoiler: in his final moments, after he realizes Maddie has driven a cork screw into his throat, he is genuinely terrified.]]
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* StupidEvil: He draws out his torment of Maddie for as long as possible, constantly gloating, which gives her plenty of time to come up with ways to outsmart him and, eventually, [[spoiler:kill him]].
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* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He has a boyishly handsome appearance which sharply contrasts his vile sadism and sociopathic nature.
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* AxCrazy: Naturally since he's a serial killer motivated entirely by sadism.
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* FatalFlaw: His pride and his sadism. He's absolutely certain that Maddie doesn't have a chance against him and so takes every opportunity he can to torment her which gives her the opportunity to turn the tables against him.
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* {{Sadist}}: This is his whole motivation for what he does and also one of his major flaws as he can't help toying with Maddie when it would be far easier to just kill her.
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* SmugSnake: Probably his biggest flaw. He could easily kill Maddie on multiple instances but his cruelty and confidence mean he won't until he's tortured her as much as he can.
* TheSociopath: Big time. He has absolutely no empathy, his actions are motivated entirely by sadism and thrill-seeking, has almost no impulse control and he has a massively outsized ego which leads him to believe Maddie doesn't have a hope against him.
* TheSociopath: Big time. He has absolutely no empathy, his actions are motivated entirely by sadism and thrill-seeking, has almost no impulse control and he has a massively outsized ego which leads him to believe Maddie doesn't have a hope against him.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Maddie drives a corkscrew through his throat and tears it open, causing him to die in wet, bloody, gagging agony. [[AssholeVictim He deserves every second of it, especially as he killed John in a similar manner.]]]]
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: He's this of a traditional sociopathic slasher villain. He's every bit as murderous and psychotic, but lacks their borderline supernatural powers. Thus, while still dangerous, he's not a nigh unstoppable force of nature and no stronger or tougher than a normal human would be. This is shown when each time Maddie injures him, he reacts realistically and is still noticeably hindered by them. He also lacks any form of super strength, and [[spoiler:flat out admits John would've beat him in a straight fight, and John nearly kills him while bleeding out.]]
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: He's this of a traditional sociopathic slasher villain. He's every bit as murderous and psychotic, but lacks their borderline (or sometimes literal) supernatural powers. Thus, while still dangerous, he's not a nigh unstoppable force of nature and no stronger or tougher than a normal human would be. This is shown when each time Maddie injures him, he reacts realistically and is still noticeably hindered by them. He also lacks any form of super strength, and [[spoiler:flat out admits John would've beat him in a straight fight, and John nearly kills him while bleeding out.]] He also behaves more like a real life sociopath rather than a cunning schemer and mastermind, complete with poor impulse control that causes him to make dumb mistakes.
* DentedIron: He's able to keep going, but he's just a normal guy. Thus each injury he takes does more and more to hinder him and he screams out in pain each time.
* DentedIron: He's able to keep going, but he's just a normal guy. Thus each injury he takes does more and more to hinder him and he screams out in pain each time.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His decision to make a game of killing Maddie is ultimately the very thing that allows her to put up a fight against him [[spoiler:and ultimately kill him.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: He spends most of the movie smug and in control, but as Maddie manages to counter attack in several places and actually meaningfully injure him, he gets more and more frustrated and furious. [[spoiler:By the end he's so furious he's singlemindedly devoted to strangling Maddie to death and fails to notice the corkscrew in arms reach. His last moments are spent [[OhCrap realizing he's dying and clearly afraid]].]]
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* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: She spends most of the film completely terrified of the Man, but [[spoiler:after John dies, she realizes she can't run, hide, or wait, and her only way out is to kill the SerialKiller. After this, she's clearly no longer afraid (at least not enough to hender her) and devotes herself completely to putting him down and surviving. She does.]]
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: He's this of a traditional sociopathic slasher villain. He's every bit as murderous and psychotic, but lacks their borderline supernatural powers. Thus, while still dangerous, he's not a nigh unstoppable force of nature and no stronger or tougher than a normal human would be. This is shown when each time Maddie injures him, he reacts realistically and is still noticeably hindered by them. He also lacks any form of super strength, and [[spoiler:flat out admits John would've beat him in a straight fight, and John nearly kills him while bleeding out.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: Spends his last moments choking the Man out. It doesn’t work, but he tries.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Spends his last moments choking the Man out. It doesn’t work, but he tries. It does, however, buy Maddie enough time to pull herself together and [[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous.]]
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler:Maddie pretends to be more incapacitated than she actually is, luring the killer close enough to spray bug spray in his eyes.]]
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* ActionSurvivor: She's not a hypercompetent FinalGirl in the vein of ''Film/YoureNext'', but rather a regular person forced to rely on wits and willpower to survive.
* CombatPragmatist / ImprovisedWeapon: The killer is stronger and better-armed than Maddie, but she knows how to use her territory and household appliances to her advantage.
* {{Determinator}}: Maddie almost loses her life at several points in the film, [[spoiler:first from massive blood loss and then from strangulation, but she triumphs in the end.]]
* HandicappedBadass: Deaf-mute and able to fight off a serial killer.
* TheHermit: She lives in isolation in a secluded woodland house, with only a cat and a couple of neighbors for company.
* {{Determinator}}: Maddie almost loses her life at several points in the film, [[spoiler:first from massive blood loss and then from strangulation, but she triumphs in the end.]]
* HandicappedBadass: Deaf-mute and able to fight off a serial killer.
* TheHermit: She lives in isolation in a secluded woodland house, with only a cat and a couple of neighbors for company.
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* SacrificialLamb: The character who dies first to establish the killer's threat.
* EvilGloating: He would be much more successful as a killer if he didn't try and turn every murder into a game.
* KarmicDeath: He dies in the exact same way as [[spoiler:his victim, John]].
* MalevolentMaskedMan: As befitting of a serial killer in a horror movie. Subverted as he takes the mask off less than halfway into the film in order to taunt Maddie.
* NoNameGiven: Credited simply as "The Man".
* MalevolentMaskedMan: As befitting of a serial killer in a horror movie. Subverted as he takes the mask off less than halfway into the film in order to taunt Maddie.
* NoNameGiven: Credited simply as "The Man".
* SlashedThroat: How the killer [[spoiler:kills John, and also how the killer himself later dies]].
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* TooDumbToLive: His poor impulse control and tendency to treat murder as a game cause him to drastically underestimate his opponents.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: The killer's initial appearance.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: The killer's initial appearance.
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* SpottingTheThread: Is able to pick apart the Man’s story about being a policeman (where’s his uniform? etc) and notices his girlfriend’s earring fall out of his hand. He thinks through it enough that he’s about to end the fight altogether before getting killed.
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* ForTheEvulz: A consistent flaw. He drags his killings out for fun, even when it would be wiser to [[WhyDontYouJustShootThem just shoot them.]] The way he draws out his meeting with John instead of just killing him immediately (he even has him on the ground with his hands up!) is the biggest example.
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* ForTheEvulz: A consistent flaw. He drags his killings out for fun, even when it would be wiser to [[WhyDontYouJustShootThem [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shoot them.]] The way he draws out his meeting with John instead of just killing him immediately (he even has him on the ground with his hands up!) is the biggest example.
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* FatalFamilyPhoto: A photo of her with Maddie is one of the first things we see. Given the genre, it’s not likely she’s going to make it after that.
* FatalFamilyPhoto: A photo of her with Maddie is one of the first things we see. Given the genre, it’s not likely she’s going to make it after that.
* ConsummateLiar: Is able to effortlessly lie to John about being a cop, and even manages to craft pretty good excuses when John starts poking holes in his story. If not for the earring John spots (and his injury), he might have been able to get away with it.
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* {{Pride}}: His fatal flaw. He’s right to think he has every advantage over Maddie, but he lets this cloud his judgement to the point that he doesn’t ever take her seriously.
* {{Pride}}: His fatal flaw. He’s right to think he has every advantage over Maddie, but he lets this cloud his judgement to the point that he doesn’t ever take her seriously.
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* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: As one of four onscreen characters in the movie, the odds aren’t strong for him.
* HeroicSacrifice: Spends his last moments choking the Man out. It doesn’t work, but he tries.
* {{Hunk}}: Tall, handsome, and muscular. Important because the Man notes that he wouldn’t win a straight fight with him and has to resort to trickery.
* NiceGuy: He’s friendly, law-abiding, and spends his last moments trying to save his girlfriend’s friend after realizing he’s doomed.
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[[folder:Maddie Young]]
A deaf and mute novelist working on a second novel. When a mysterious killer starts terrorizing her home, she must use all her wits to survive the night. Played by Kate Siegel.
* AchillesHeel: Her inability to hear or speak.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Starts employing this near the end while trying to figure out how to win, complete with alternate scenarios playing out onscreen.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Her deafness is arguably what lets her survive the night, as her vulnerability makes the killer turn her death into a game, instead of just killing her quickly.
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Maddie’s next door neighbor and good friend.
* DoomedByCanon: She’s the first person we see killed.
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A white-masked figure wielding a crossbow and combat knife. He kills Sarah and then makes a game out of tormenting Maddie.
* CrazySurvivalist: He has shades of this, with his crossbow and combat knife. The implication one can draw is that he lives in isolated areas so he can kill in privacy.
* DeathlyUnmasking: Reversed. He takes his mask off less than an hour into the movie to let Maddie know he won’t let her live to identify him. He keeps it off for the remainder.
* Pride: His fatal flaw. He’s right to think he has every advantage over Maddie, but he lets this cloud his judgement to the point that he doesn’t ever take her seriously.
* TattooedCrook: Has a tattoo of what looks like a spiraling snake on his neck.
* ToThePain: Explicitly says he won’t kill Maddie until she’s begging for it.
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[[folder:Maddie Young]]
A deaf and mute novelist working on a second novel. When a mysterious killer starts terrorizing her home, she must use all her wits to survive the night. Played by Kate Siegel.
* AchillesHeel: Her inability to hear or speak.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Starts employing this near the end while trying to figure out how to win, complete with alternate scenarios playing out onscreen.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Her deafness is arguably what lets her survive the night, as her vulnerability makes the killer turn her death into a game, instead of just killing her quickly.
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Maddie’s next door neighbor and good friend.
* DoomedByCanon: She’s the first person we see killed.
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[[folder:The Man]]
A white-masked figure wielding a crossbow and combat knife. He kills Sarah and then makes a game out of tormenting Maddie.
* CrazySurvivalist: He has shades of this, with his crossbow and combat knife. The implication one can draw is that he lives in isolated areas so he can kill in privacy.
* DeathlyUnmasking: Reversed. He takes his mask off less than an hour into the movie to let Maddie know he won’t let her live to identify him. He keeps it off for the remainder.
* Pride: His fatal flaw. He’s right to think he has every advantage over Maddie, but he lets this cloud his judgement to the point that he doesn’t ever take her seriously.
* TattooedCrook: Has a tattoo of what looks like a spiraling snake on his neck.
* ToThePain: Explicitly says he won’t kill Maddie until she’s begging for it.
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